1947 Chicago Rockets (AAFC) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 1-13-0 .071 |
| Head Coach: Jim Crowley |
| Al Babartsky | Line |
| Hamp Pool | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1947 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17-20 | L | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 28000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 41182 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 26-48 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 36777 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 33648 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 22685 | |
| Fri | 9/26/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 18450 | |
| Fri | 10/3/1947 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 16844 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 28-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 23300 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | Cleveland Browns | 28-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35266 | |
| Fri | 10/24/1947 | H | New York Yankees | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20310 | |
| Fri | 10/31/1947 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3-7 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 2960 | |
| Fri | 11/7/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5395 | |
| Fri | 11/21/1947 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5791 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-14 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 14085 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 14-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20856 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alex Agase | 36 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| Billy Bass | 99 | DB-LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno | 14 | 14 |
| Alf Bauman | 42 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 54 | DE-OE | 6-3 | 215 | 32 | North Carolina State | 2 | 0 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 64 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| John Billman | 33 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 201 | 28 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 |
| Walt Clay | 85 | DB-OH | 5-10 | 196 | 23 | Colorado | 3 | 2 |
| Herb Coleman | 25 | LB?-C | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| Norm Cox | 65 | QB-S | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 71 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | DePaul; Minnesota; Michigan; Columbia | 14 | 13 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 66 | QB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Cornell | 12 | 5 |
| Bob Dove | 55 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Notre Dame | 13 | 10 |
| Ray Ebli | 52 | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 |
| Fred Evans | 75 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 |
| Forrest Grigg | 45/40 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 294 | 21 | Tulsa | 13 | 6 |
| John Harrington | 57 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 198 | 26 | Marquette | 14 | 3 |
| George Hecht | 35 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Alabama | 10 | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 80 | DB-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 7 | 7 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 64 | ROH-QB | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Indiana; Navy | 2 | 2 |
| Chuck Huneke | 45 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | St. Mary's (Texas); St. Benedict's | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 74 | LB-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Fordham | 14 | 14 |
| John Kuzman | 41 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 232 | 32 | Fordham | 14 | 9 |
| Pat Lahey | 50 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 219 | 28 | John Carroll | 14 | 4 |
| Peter Lamana | 21 | C-LB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Boston University | 12 | 1 |
| Ernie Lewis | 73 | P-FB | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| Fran Mattingly | 36 | DG-OG | 5-11 | 215 | 30 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | 0 |
| Harley McCollum | 46 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Tulane | 13 | 12 |
| Joe Mihal | 43 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 234 | 31 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Max Morris | 53 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Illinois; Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Mulready | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Minnesota; North Dakota State | 9 | 6 |
| Fred Negus | 27 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 13 | 10 |
| Bruno Niedziela | 48 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Iowa | 11 | 1 |
| Jim O'Neal | 32 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Texas Christian | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Pearcy | 30 | LOG-MG? | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| Benny Pucci | 49 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | none | 12 | 10 |
| Frank Quillen | 52 | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 225 | 27 | Pennsylvania | 8 | 2 |
| Ray Ramsey | 88 | ROH-DB | 6-2 | 166 | 26 | Bradley | 14 | 14 |
| John Rokisky | 54 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE-K | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Duquesne | 14 | 1 |
| Cliff Rothrock | 29 | C-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | North Dakota State | 2 | 1 |
| Johnny Sanchez | 43 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | 1 | 0 |
| Teddy Scalissi | 97 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 173 | 26 | Ripon | 10 | 2 |
| Bill Schroeder | 60 | DB-ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 11 |
| Tony Sumpter | 34 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Cameron JC | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy Vacanti | 69 | QB | 5-10 | 202 | 25 | Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska | 13 | 8 |
| Norm Verry | 40 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Evan Vogds | 31 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin | 13 | 0 |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 37 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Special Selection | Bernie Gallagher | T | Pennsylvania | |
| Special Selection | Johnny Lujack | QB | Notre Dame | |
| 1 | 4 | George Sullivan | T | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 12 | Ray Manieri | B | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 20 | Bob Derleth | T | Michigan |
| 4 | 28 | Johnny Reagan | B | Montana |
| 5 | 36 | Jim Pharr | C | Auburn |
| 6 | 44 | Bob Sandberg | B | Minnesota |
| 7 | 52 | Eddie Allen | B | Pennsylvania |
| 8 | 60 | Matt Bolger | E | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 68 | Charley Eikenberg | B | Rice |
| 10 | 76 | Ermal Allen | QB | Kentucky |
| 11 | 84 | Marty Chaves | G | Oregon State |
| 12 | 92 | George Jernigan | G | Georgia |
| 13 | 100 | R.J. Jordan | E | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 108 | Bobby Livingstone | B | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 116 | Bill Ivy | T | Northwestern |
| 16 | 124 | Bruno Niedziela | T | Iowa |
| 17 | 130 | Bill Mackrides | QB | Nevada-Reno |
| 18 | 136 | Mac Wenskunas | C | Illinois |
| 19 | 142 | Tony Graham | C | St. Mary's (Minnesota) |
| 20 | 148 | Russ Benda | G | Iowa |
| 21 | 154 | George Watkins | T | Texas |
| 22 | 158 | Sammy Vacanti | B | Nebraska |
| 23 | 162 | Len Zenkevitch | T | Idaho |
| 24 | 166 | Dave Day | G | Iowa |
| 25 | 170 | Bill Franks | T | Illinois |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 93 | 49 | 101 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 99 | 107 | 112 | 425 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 155 | 69 | 75 | 11 | / % | / % | 38 | 264 | |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 116 | 76 | 8 | / % | / % | 72 | 610 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| John Rokisky | 0 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 |
| Bill Daley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| John Harrington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Schroeder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Bass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Max Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Teddy Scalissi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Ebli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Vacanti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Negus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Angelo Bertelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 33 | 36 | 91.7 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 1 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 56 | 58 | 96.6 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0 | 425 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rokisky | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 35 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0/ | 5/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Daley | 121 | 447 | 3.7 | 52 | 4 |
| Ray Ramsey | 70 | 433 | 6.2 | 2 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 42 | 243 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 20 | 110 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Billy Bass | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 35 | 37 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Norm Cox | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Sammy Vacanti | 11 | -9 | -0.8 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 401 | 1520 | 3.8 | 52 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 564 | 2752 | 4.9 | 78t | 34 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Vacanti | 225 | 96 | 96 | 113 | 1571 | 7.0 | 16.4 | 80t | 16 | 7.1 | 16 | 7.1 | 60.8 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 81 | 48 | 48 | 25 | 826 | 10.2 | 17.2 | 61t | 6 | 7.4 | 8 | 9.9 | 79.1 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 22 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 143 | 6.5 | 15.9 | 73t | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 78.4 | |||
| Angelo Bertelli | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | -0.7 | -2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0.0 | ||||
| Billy Bass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Norm Cox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62.5 | |||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 341 | 157 | 157 | 158 | 2358 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 80t | 23 | 6.7 | 26 | 7.6 | 29 | 264 | 2094 | 60.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 288 | 140 | 140 | 129 | 2206 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 70t | 20 | 6.9 | 19 | 6.6 | 14 | 114 | 2092 | 70.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 35 | 768 | 21.9 | 80t | 9 |
| Max Morris | 22 | 239 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| John Harrington | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 3 | |
| Pat Lahey | 13 | 148 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 10 | 282 | 28.2 | 76t | 3 |
| Billy Bass | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 1 | |
| Jerry Mulready | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| Frank Quillen | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 1 | |
| Bob Dove | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 2 | |
| Ray Ebli | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Fred Evans | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Rokisky | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 157 | 2358 | 15.0 | 80t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 2206 | 15.8 | 70 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kellagher | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 62 | 2 |
| Billy Bass | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 82t | 1 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fran Mattingly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 400 | 21.1 | 82t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 512 | 19.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 65 | 2549 | 39.2 | 4 | ||||||
| Fred Evans | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2622 | 39.1 | 4 | 30.6 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 2 | 289 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 11 | 131 | 11.9 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bass | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Scalissi | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 289 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 570 | 13.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 16 | 406 | 25.4 | 68 | 0 | |
| Billy Bass | 12 | 264 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Scalissi | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 0 | ||
| Fred Evans | 8 | 159 | 19.9 | 0 | ||
| Bill Daley | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 57 | 0 | |
| Pat Lahey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Harley McCollum | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | ||
| John Kuzman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 69 | 1483 | 21.5 | 68 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 95 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Morris | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 2 |
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